I've heard Gnomon is quality, but I think you might have the tuition incorrect, I remember hearing it's way more expensive to attend than $43k per year. Van Arts has a pretty good rep. I've heard both students and employers talk highly of the students who went there. You might have to consider that foreign students would…
i'm done with this!! doing this one armed character was challenging and FUN!!! thanks for all the comments!!! Specs: Character - 56,000 triangles + 4096x4096 Textures , Equipment - 32,000 Triangles + 4096x2048 Textures. Modelled and Rigged in Blender, Sculpting in Zbrush and Textured in Substance Painter 2.
Here ya go, might not work past versions 2.71 though (worth testing). http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?306867-BMax-Tools-or-how-I-left-3ds-Max-%29&highlight=bmax You can also try requesting it be updated to 2.74 (may still work, i have no idea) or get familiar with it to the point where you can customize it…
Got some additional notes. Added more energy/urgency to the shot. Going to spline today and polish it as best as I can. https://syncsketch.com/playground/8e5ad1ce1152403fbf0a9dc6eaa6e2c6#321055
Loooong ago there was a game called 7th guest, one of the first prerendered CD games, that spearheaded the use of 3D Studio for videogames. So I pestered a computer-savvy friend until he got me a copy of 3D Studio 2 (and for the younger ones here, that's 3DS 2, not 3DS Max 2. Max is 3D Studio for Windows ie more or less…
Lol, I'm in the exact same boat having shit 2d. For the credibility of the school versus it's cost it's in my opinion worth it when compared to other options. They also will help you get connections after grad (Not sure if it's targeted for concept and design artists though). What is it 32,000 usd tuition for year program…
Looking at max channel infos, on a 8066 vertices sphere mesh. mesh : 419kb vsel : 32kb (don't know what this is) alpha : 193kb illum : 193kb vc : 774kb map: 294kb so alpha+illum+vc = 1.13Mb total : 1.86Mb More than half of the model weight is dedicated to the vertex color and alpha, so maybe that's what they mean by heavy.